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Entreat  v. t.  (past & past part. entreated; pres. part. entreating)  
1.
To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. (Obs.) "Fairly let her be entreated." "I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well."
2.
To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune. "Entreat my wife to come." "I do entreat your patience." "I must entreat of you some of that money." "Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door." "Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife."
3.
To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade. "It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat."
4.
To invite; to entertain. (Obs.) "Pleasures to entreat."
Synonyms: To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech.



Entreat  v. i.  
1.
To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. (Obs.) "Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat." "Alexander... was first that entreated of true peace with them."
2.
To make an earnest petition or request. "The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men."



noun
Entreat  n.  Entreaty. (Obs.)






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... canon of St. Peter's, consequently known to M. le Maitre, and one of the people from whom he should have taken most pains to conceal himself; my advice, on the contrary, was to present ourselves to him, and, under some pretext, entreat entertainment as if we visited him by consent of the chapter. Le Maitre adopted the idea, which seemed to give his revenge the appearance of satire and waggery; in short, we went boldly to Reydelet, who received us very ...
— The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete • Jean Jacques Rousseau

... I must entreat that your consideration Occupy not too long a time. Already Has this negotiation, my Lord Duke, Crept on into the second year! If nothing Is settled this time, will the Chancellor Consider it as broken ...
— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. III • Kuno Francke (Editor-in-Chief)

... morning of November the 6th, when the plot had failed, Catesby and some of the other conspirators sent Bates to Garnet, who was then in Warwickshire, to entreat his assistance in stirring up the people to open rebellion. Greenwell was at this time with Garnet. Warwickshire was appointed to be the place of meeting after the plot; and on this account the jesuits assembled ...
— Guy Fawkes - or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605 • Thomas Lathbury

... and, not being able to sell my estates, I was obliged to leave them deserted, because I had already sold my negroes. I shall be entirely ruined unless your Majesty release me from the payment of those two thousand pesos, or at least give me a continuance of ten years. I entreat your Majesty for this, since in order to foster decency among the women I brought here three sons and a nephew, whose exceedingly honorable and virtuous reputation is known throughout Nueva Espana, where ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume VI, 1583-1588 • Emma Helen Blair

... to me by circumstances,—"time to write to you," our good colonel says. Forgive him, father, he only does his duty; he would gladly save me if he could; and do not lay my death up against Jemmie. The poor boy is broken-hearted, and does nothing but beg and entreat them to let him die in my stead. I can't bear to think of mother and Blossom. Comfort them, father! Tell them I die as a brave boy should, and that, when the war is over, they will not be ashamed of me, as they must be now. God help me: it is very ...
— Architects of Fate - or, Steps to Success and Power • Orison Swett Marden


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